# alternar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alternāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əl.tərˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [al.teɾˈnaɾ]

### Verb

alternar (first-person singular present alterno, first-person singular preterite alterní, past participle alternat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* to alternate

#### Related terms

* altern
* alternatiu

### Further reading

* “alternar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “alternar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “alternar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “alternar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin alternō.

### Verb

alternar (first-person singular present alterno, first-person singular preterite alternei, past participle alternado)
* to alternate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* alternativo

#### Further reading

* “alternar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin alternō.

### Verb

alternar
* (transitive, intransitive) to alternate

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Related terms

* alternatiu

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alternāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.teʁˈna(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.teɦˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.teʁˈna(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.teɦˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aw.teɾˈna(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.teɾˈna(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aw.teʁˈna(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.teʁˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aw.teɻˈna(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯.teɻˈna(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /al.tɨɾˈnaɾ/ [aɫ.tɨɾˈnaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /al.tɨɾˈnaɾ/ [aɫ.tɨɾˈnaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /al.tɨɾˈna.ɾi/ [aɫ.tɨɾˈna.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: al‧ter‧nar

### Verb

alternar (first-person singular present alterno, first-person singular preterite alternei, past participle alternado)
* (transitive) to alternate (to perform by turns, or in succession)
* (intransitive) to alternate (to happen, succeed, or act by turns)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Synonyms

* revezar

#### Related terms

* alternação
* alternadamente
* alternado
* alternador
* alternamente
* alternância
* alternante
* alternário
* alternativa
* alternativamente
* alternatividade
* alternativo
* alternável

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alternāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alteɾˈnaɾ/ [al̪.t̪eɾˈnaɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: al‧ter‧nar

### Verb

alternar (first-person singular present alterno, first-person singular preterite alterné, past participle alternado)
* to alternate
* to interact, communicate, hang out, socialize

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* alternador
* alternancia
* alternante
* alterne

#### Related terms

* alternación
* alternativo
* alterno

#### Further reading

* “alternar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10